Milk-vat.



A. P. STOBLTING.

mLK'vAT. APPLICATION FILED APB. 16, 1909. 935,943. Patented ot.5,19o9.

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ADOLPI-I F. STOELTING, 0F KIEL, WISCONSIN.

MILK-VAT.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrH F. SToEL'riNG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Kiel,- in the county of Manitowoc and State oflViscoiisiii, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMilk-Vats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is hereinafter particularly described withreference to the accoi'npanying drawings and pointed out in the claimslof this specification, its object being' to provide economical, strongand durable milk-vats for cheese-inakers, particular attention beingcalled to the framing of the vat shown and described, and to the joiningof the sheet-metal sections that go to make up said vat. j

Figure l of the drawings represents a transverse section of acheese-makers milkvat in accordance with my invention, this view beingindicated by line `l--l in the next in numerical order of theillustrations.; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same inverted; Fig. 3, acontracted longitudinal section of a fragment of said vat, Fig. 4, atransverse section of a fragment ofthe aforesaid vat on lines a l inFig. 2, and Fig. 5, a view of a detail of the structure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the milk-receptacle ofthe vat as a whole, this receptacle being sheet-metal in sections havingdepending and lateral contiguous flanges in fluid-tight union, whichconstruction, broadly considered, is not novel in the art, but mypeculiar joining of said flanges differs materially from the ordinarymanner of uniting the same, whereby I obtain tighter joints, do awaywith strengthening-bars or disks and avoid a great deal of rivetingwithout sacrifice of rigidity and bracing qualities of the joinedflanges, that constitute strengthening webs of said receptacle. To thisend the depending longitudinal, transverse and lateral flanges ofcertain of the sections of the `receptacle aforesaid are recurved toforni strengthening folds b, and similar flanges of the remainder of thesections of said receptacle are recurved to form like folds c in whichthe folds aforesaid are seated, the result being seams that are suitablycompressed. The seams are outwardly self-closed and inwardly soldered tomake the joints of the sections of the aforesaid receptacle absolutelyfluid-tight. At

Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 16, 1909.

Patented Oct. 5, .1909. Serial No. 490,359.

the junction of the longitudinal and transverse seams aforesaid, centralof the bottom of the receptacle A, corner-irons d are riveted to saidseams to brace the same, and said transverse seams and the lateral seamsof said receptacle are braced by plates c riveted thereto upon oppositesides.

The receptacle A is provided with the usual upper -horizontal flanges fthat are tacked or otherwise suitably secured to end and side bars B ofa preferably wooden rectangular frame. Suspended in connection withthese bars are `hangers C fastened at their lower ends to angle-iron endand sidebars C of a cradle for the receptacle A, said side vbars of thecradle being riveted to transverse trusses D that break joints with theaforesaid .hangers to divide the strain of said receptacle and itscontents on the cradle. Extending between the bottom of the receptacle Aand the trusses D of the cradle, longitudinally of said receptacle, arechanneliron braces E riveted at their extremities to the angle-ironend-bars of said cradle and to angular brackets g that are in turnriveted to transverse seams of the aforesaid receptacfle. Thechannel-bars are intermediate of the longitudinal seams and sides of thereceptacle A and with the trusses aforesaid prevent sagging of saidreceptacle under weight of its contents. It is preferable to fastenwooden cushion-blocks 71, in the channel-irons from which they extend torest upon the bottom of the heating tank of ordinary construction (notshown) in which the vat is suspended by its rectangular upper frame. Itis also preferable to fasten each truss D to an overlying seam c by ahookbolt z' or other suitable means.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I do away with any and allwooden strengthening devices for the receptacle A, it having been foundthat such devices ordinarily employed in vat-s of the kind describeddeteriorate rapidly under the conditions to which they are subjected,the all metal cradle aforesaid being an important feature of myinvention.

I claim:

l. In a cheese-makers milk-vat, the milk receptacle and a cradle forsame comprising an upper suspending frame designed to rest upon aheating-tank, hangers depending from said frame, supporting side barssuspended by the hangers, transverse trusses connecting the side barsbetween hangers, and longitudinal braces at intervals between the bottomof said receptacle and the trusses.

2. ln a cheese-makers milk-vat, the milk receptacle and a cradle forsame comprising an upper suspending frame designed to rest upon aheating tank, hangers depending` from said frame, supporting` side barssuspended by the hangers, transverse trusses connecting the side barsbetween hangers, longitudinal braces at intervals between the bottom ofsaid receptacle and the trusses, and cushion-blocks in connection withsaid braces.

3. ln a cheese-makers milk-vat, the milkreceptacle and a cradle for samecomprising an upper suspending frame designed to rest upon a heatingtank, hangers depending from said frame, a lower supporting framefastened to the hangers, transverse trusses connecting the side bars ofthe lower frame between hangers, and longitudinal braces at intervalsbetween the bottom of said receptacle and the trusses.

4. In a cheese-inakers milk-vat, the milkreceptacle and a cradle forsaine comprising an upper suspending frame designed to rest upon aheating tank, hangers depending from said frame, a lower supportingframe fastened to the hangers, transverse trusses connecting the sidebars of the lower frame between hangers, longitudinal braces atintervals between the bottom of said receptacle and the trusses, andcushion-blocks h in connection with said braces.

5. In a cheese-makers milk-vat, the milk- Yreceptacle and a cradle forsame comprising an upper suspending frame designed to rest upon aheating tank, hangers depending froin said frame, a lower supportingframe fastened to the hangers, transverse trusses connecting theside-bars of the lower frame between hangers, and longitudinal bracesfastened to depending transverse seams of said receptacle and ends ofsaid supporting frame between the trusses and the bottom of theaforesaid receptacle.

6. ln a cheese-inakers milk-vat, the milkreceptacle having dependinglongitudinal seams, a cradle for the receptacle comprising an uppersuspending frame designed to rest upon a heating tank, hangers dependingfrom the frame, supporting side bars suspended by the hangers,transverse trusses in connection with said seams and said side barsbetween hangers, and longitudinal braces at intervals between the bottomof said receptacle and trusses.

T. ln a cheese-maliens milk-vat, the milkreceptacle having dependinglongitudinal seams, a cradle for the receptacle comprising an uppersuspending frame designed to rest upon a heating tank, hangers dependingfrom said frame, lower supporting frame fastened to the hangers,transverse trusses in connection with said seams and the side bars of'the lower frame between hangers, and longitndinal braces at intervalsbetween the bottoni of said receptacle and the trusses.

ln testimony7 that l cla-im the foregoing have hereunto set my hand atKiel in the county of Manitowoc and State of VVisconsin in the presenceof two witnesses.

ADOLPH F. STOELTING.

litnesses (l. GUnTZLoE,

W. J. GUn'rzLon.

